30.0% ▲ +9.2%
Higher than 89% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 27.4%
- 2016: 31.8%
- 2021: 30.0%
Share of people aged 15+ who did voluntary work for an organisation or group.
6396, WA · Postcode
Community Participation in 6396, WA
How people contribute — volunteering, unpaid care and domestic work, and defence service.
Much higher rates of volunteering than most areas mark postcode 6396 as a place of high community involvement. About 30% of residents give their time to others, a figure that has climbed since 2011 and sits far above both the state and national averages.
Participation
Volunteering for organisations and groups.
Three in ten people here volunteer, which is far above the 15.9% seen across Western Australia and the 14.1% national figure. This rate rose 2.5 percentage points since 2011.
Unpaid care & work
Caring for others and unpaid domestic work.
Unpaid care for others is well below the national figure, with only 7.1% of people providing this support. Those caring for children unpaid (24.6%) and those doing over 15 hours of housework (22.2%) have both seen their numbers fall since 2011.
7.1% ▲ +30.1%
Lower than 93% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 5.4%
- 2016: 5.0%
- 2021: 7.1%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid assistance to someone with a disability or due to old age.
24.6% ▼ -15.9%
Lower than 53% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 29.2%
- 2016: 24.1%
- 2021: 24.6%
Share of people aged 15+ who provided unpaid child care.
22.2% ▼ -16.8%
Lower than 56% of postcode areas.
- 2011: 26.7%
- 2016: 24.7%
- 2021: 22.2%
Share of people aged 15+ who did 15 hours or more of unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census.
Defence service
People who served in the Australian Defence Force.
People who served in the Defence Force make up 2.7% of the population. This is about the same as the figures for both Western Australia and Australia.
2.7%
Lower than 57% of postcode areas.
Share of people aged 15+ who have ever served in the Australian Defence Force (currently or previously).
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Community Participation in 6396, WA [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/poa/POA6396/6396-wa/topic/community